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Despite what you might hear about lawyers at top-grossing law firms being paid millions of dollars, many lawyers who run a solo or small law practice struggle to make a good living. They are not good business people, they lack the self-confidence to get paid what they deserve, or they simply have hit hard economic times.
Plenty of posts on the ABA online discussion group SoloSez confirm this, as do my conversations with lawyers over the years.
In this column I will identify revenue "leaks" of which you may be unaware, leaks that lead you to charge less than you think you are charging for your services, and I'll share some tips on how to plug those leaks, resulting in a significant increase in your law practice revenue.
Under, Over, or Just Right?
First, you have to know where your billing rate falls. As in Goldilocks and the Three Bears, is it too high, too low, or just right? "Just right" would be the current market rate, which you determine by finding out what other lawyers charge for comparable services in your area. Most of you probably know what the numbers are, but if you don't, just ask other solo lawyers in your town or city.
Once you establish whether or not you are charging a market rate, you should make market adjustments to your rates accordingly. Then read below to see if you are truly earning those rates or if any of the revenue leaks apply to your practice—and what you should do about them.
Finding the Leaks
Don't think that just because you charge the market rate that you are getting paid the market rate. Here are some of the major "leaks" that might be undermining the financial health of your law practice:
- Spending "non-billable" time on matters for such things as secretarial work.
- Spending time on general administrative work that should be allocated to an assistant.
- Cutting the hours in your invoice because you believe you are charging too much.
- Lowballing flat-fee rates.
- Putting yourself in a position where you might not get paid.
I know that those lawyers who are guilty of these practices have perfectly reasonable explanations for these behaviors. Let's take a look at these, starting with the most common excuse for leaks 1 and 2:
"I can't afford an assistant, so I have to do everything myself—and besides, I like being self-reliant." This may surprise you, but whether or not a lawyer in solo practice has an assistant is rarely a matter of finances; it is most often owing to the lawyer's personal habits and beliefs about "self-reliance." You might think you can't afford an assistant, but having one would free up more time for marketing, and the resulting legal work would in all probability more than pay the assistant's salary. Burdening yourself with administrative work that you could easily delegate is like trying to run a marathon carrying a 25-pound weight.
Have you ever met a lawyer who always handed things to other people to do, so that it seems like the lawyer wouldn't even sharpen his or her own pencil? You might be critical of this, but it is a good attitude to have if you want to maximize your time at work. If your desire to be self-reliant makes you do things like change the toner cartridge in your printer, not only are you interrupting the flow of your legal work but you also may find yourself dealing with a problem that crops up with your printer when installing the cartridge, and other people in an office suite situation might start asking you to change their printer cartridges because "you are so good at it."
That's a really bad allocation of your time if you want to be a success in your solo practice. Each time you do something at work that is not billable, ask yourself, "Do I really need to be doing this, or can I delegate it to someone else?"
You should even delegate tasks that take more time to delegate than to do yourself. Why? Because it will reinforce the behavioral pattern of delegating and help you avoid sliding back to doing non-billable work yourself. Also, these tasks might take some time to delegate the first time, but eventually you might have to spend very little or no time delegating them because your assistant will become trained to do them.
Hiring an assistant, especially in this age of virtual assistants, is a no-brainer.
"My clients will never pay for all of the time I spent on their matter." Leaks 3 and 4 above describe behavior that can be a result of two things. First, inefficiencies in lawyers' practices often lead them to charge too much for their services. Second, if lawyers believe they are charging more than a client will pay, notwithstanding that they worked efficiently on the matter, they will always be cutting their bill.
Instead, always be considering how to deliver services more efficiently so you always give good value for your client's money. Tools such as document assembly programs and up-to-date equipment with features introduced in the last couple of years—not way back when the latest Internet billionaire was born—can greatly increase your efficiency; these tools take the struggle out of delivering services with a reasonable price tag.
In my experience there is a disproportionate number of solo lawyers who walk around believing that clients will always challenge legal fees no matter what the amount. This results in a lot of a lawyer's time not being paid for, which significantly reduces a lawyer's income from his or her practice.
There really are clients out there who behave responsibly in their financial relationship with their lawyer. They pay on time and rarely complain about a bill—they believe they are getting value for their money.
If your response is, "Yeah, sure," then you need to make a serious mental adjustment, because as long as you maintain your cynical outlook on collections in your law practice, you will have lower expectations and more problems with collections than if you did believe that financially responsible clients exist.
Raise your expectations by billing the hours that you worked at the market rates in your community. Don't hesitate to explain why your bill is appropriate if questioned.
Raising your expectations will change your behavior and generate some bad experiences with both existing clients and potential clients. The existing clients will try to push you back into the "old you" that they know and love. Don't do it. Risk their wrath and assertions that you are no longer "friends." After all, friends don't ask friends to earn less than they deserve.
The good news: Raising your expectations will make you more likely to find those clients that have a healthy financial relationship with their lawyers. Sifting out the difficult clients will leave the better clients for you to represent—and free up your time to truly represent them. Nothing consumes more of your time than difficult clients.
"If I ask for money up front, they'll never hire me." This belief, of course, applies to leak number 5. You get a new client and you don't ask for a retainer up front, or you ask for a very low retainer because you are afraid the client won't hire you if you ask for the appropriate amount.
Asking for an appropriate retainer up front is actually a good way to clear out clients that will give you trouble paying later. Asking for no retainer up front is asking for trouble. So having a potential client walk when you ask for a retainer could be the best thing to happen—by sticking to your guns, you may well have avoided doing work for no pay.
A similar situation is where a large amount is owed by an existing client. This may have happened because you failed to bill often enough or because, even though you did bill on a regular basis, the client has fallen behind on payments.
As the amount a client owes you grows, there is a shift in power from you to the client. When a client owes you a small amount, it is much easier to give the ultimatum, "Pay me my outstanding bill before I do any further work." The worst that happens in this situation is that the client doesn't pay you and you lose the client, but you are only out a small amount of money. When a client owes you a lot of money, it is harder to issue an ultimatum because there is much more at stake for you. So don't put yourself in that position—train your clients earlier to pay you on time.
Looking Good, Feeling Good
Follow the advice in this column to plug up the leaks in your law practice. This way you will be doing less bailing out from a leaky ship and more sitting back to enjoy the sunset.


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Exhibit Panels 5 - 9
Panel 6: They departed in haste
Panel 5: The first transport from Vienna
Truus Wijsmuller saves 630 children on one train, December 10, 1938. "We remind again that the luggage must contain nothing but the children's personal items. Any forbidden additions will result in the child not being taken along." - Israelitische Kultusgemeinde, Vienna.
"Fur, fur gesunterheit, Gott soll dich beglicken…" - Yiddish song Mary Arnold's father taught her the day before she left Vienna.
Panel 7: Dovercourt
The first transports are housed in empty summer camps on England's east coast, winter 1938-1939. "In Dovercourt the winter sea was like God's mercy vast and wild." - Karen Gershon.
Panel 8: Foster-home stories
Many children are taken into group homes. Many others are sent, alone to foster homes - their stories are all unique. "Healthy Czecho-Slovakian girl, 13, only child, seeks home with good-hearted families." — ad in Jewish Chronicle, London, February 1939.
Panel 9: Evacuation
In September 1939, refugee children - many just arrived - are evacuated from major cities with British children to escape German air raids. "Suddenly I was no longer different." - Lenore Davis in 'I Came Alone'.


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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and prank call LeBron James. LET'S GO!
NEW HAMPSHIRE GOP PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE – 8:00PM (CNN) After staging a GOP debate that no one seemed to actually participate in, this is your first major GOP debate of the 2012 campaign to feature current frontrunner and world's finest boat salesman Mitt Romney. You also get Tea Party hostess Michele Bachmann, who will more than make up for the absence of Sarah Palin. Plus you get the usual suspects in Newt (Newwwwttttt!), Ron Paul, Ricky Santorum, and Herman Cain. If you're hoping for jazzier names to pop up in later debates, I think the only one you're likely to get is Jon Huntsman. Otherwise, THIS is probably going to be the beginning and end of your choices against President Obama in 2012. So savor the flavor gang. These talking points won't feel so fresh 17 months from now. ANTICIPATION: POLITICAL!
THE BACHELORETTE – 8:00PM (ABC) Ashley and the guys visit Phuket, Thailand, where they drop in on orphans who lost their families in the tsunami. And imagine the look of bewilderment on those poor kids' faces when someone tells them that they're about to be visited by a dozen brainless idiots from an American reality show they've never heard of. Then, Ashley and the boys all go shopping. Because that puts everything in perspective. ANTICIPATION: ODDLY HILARIOUS!
NORA ROBERTS' CARNAL INNOCENCE – 8:00PM (Lifetime) No, it's not a porn film, or even a bad Mike Figgis movie. It's a Lifetime movie starring Gabrielle Anwar as a woman who's dating a man who… you guessed it… MAY NOT BE WHAT HE SEEMS. You'd think Lifetime movie heroines would realize this by now. You'd think they finally catch onto the pattern, but no! ANTICIPATION: WOMAN IN DANGER!
STANLEY CUP FINALS, GAME 6 – 8:00PM (NBC) Do-or-die for the Boston Bruins tonight as they face elimination against the Vancouver Canucks, who are trying to win Canada its first Stanley Cup since 1993. 1993! Yikes. ANTICIPATION: HIGH!
REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY – 9:00PM (Bravo – an NBC/Universal network) Reunion episode. Part 1. Stay tuned for Part 46 sometime next year. ANTICIPATION: BITCHY!
Monday Watch List: The GOP Gets All Hot And Bothered!
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Accordance 9: Bible Study "in the Zone"
Yesterday I was at the library of the local seminary doing final checks on a major new Accordance module. I removed twenty-six thick volumes from the shelves and spread them across the table in order. As I found errors I needed to check against the print copies, I would locate each volume in turn, returning it to its place when I was done. That way, I could easily find that volume the next time I needed it.
Of course, no process of study is ever that neat and linear, so despite my best intentions, I soon had several open volumes spread across the table. Next thing I knew, I was shuffling among those loose volumes trying to find the one I needed.
One of the great challenges of in depth Bible study is the need to consult and manage multiple resources. Those who try to do it using physical books usually end up with multiple volumes spread across a desk, one hand with several fingers sandwiched like bookmarks between pages, and the other hand kept busy shuffling books around. The process eventually becomes so unwieldy that we leave helpful resources on the shelf because we already have too many on the desk.
Bible software makes managing multiple resources much easier, but how much easier depends on the program interface. From the very beginning, Accordance has tried to simplify the process of consulting multiple resources: first through panes (1.0), then through workspace tabs (6.0), and now through workspace zones (9.0).
The first five versions of Accordance had windows and panes within those windows. All non-Bible resources would open in a separate window, while multiple Bible texts could be viewed in parallel panes within the same window. Eventually, we added panes for reference tools and user notes, both of which follow Bible book, chapter, and verse order. Panes made scrolling through parallel resources a breeze. While other programs would require you to link separate windows so they would scroll together, Accordance window panes handled all of that automatically.
Panes were great, but any non-parallel resources—dictionaries, lexicons, grammars, and other books—had to be opened in separate windows. As the number of those resources proliferated, the amount of time spent managing, arranging, and shuffling among windows increased.
Accordance 6 therefore introduced the tabbed workspace window. The workspace is basically a container which will display other Accordance resources as tabs rather than as separate windows. Rather than shuffling among overlapping windows, switching between tabs is easy and immediate.
Of course, the downside of tabs is that the front tab covers everything behind it. To see resources side by side, you would need to detach tabs from the workspace and then arrange multiple windows again. It wasn't hard, but it wasn't obvious either.
Accordance 9 simplifies the management of multiple resources by adding zones. You can now divide your workspace window into multiple regions called "zones," and each of those zones can contain multiple tabs. Dr. J does an excellent job explaining the relationship of workspaces, zones, tabs, and panes in his podcast on zones, but I want to relate all of these interface elements to my initial description of how you would do in depth Bible study using print resources.
Think of the workspace window as your desk. When studying, you pull books from your shelves and lay them on your desk so you can work with them.
If you devote different areas of your desk to different kinds of resources, you're already used to the concept of zones. You might have a stack of dictionaries at one corner of the desk, a stack of commentaries at another, and a couple of print Bibles spread out in front of you.
The stack of dictionaries at one corner of your desk is analogous to an Accordance zone with multiple tabs. Grabbing a dictionary from the bottom of the stack and laying it open on top of that stack is like clicking a tab in a zone to bring it to the front.
Finally, parallel panes within an Accordance search tab are analogous to the columns of text in a parallel Bible or study Bible. You're looking at one resource which arranges other resources (different translations, footnotes, cross-references, etc.) in parallel, and as you flip through it these parallel resources automatically stay "in sync."
If we push the analogy further, you can rearrange the stacks on your desk however you like. You can take one of your Bibles and plop it on top of your stack of commentaries. Or stack commentaries and dictionaries together. You might even slide your Bibles to one side and slide the entire stack of dictionaries across the desk so that they are right in front of you. In the same way, you can arrange zones and tabs in an Accordance workspace however you like. Drag a Bible tab to a zone containing all dictionaries. Drag commentaries and dictionaries into a single zone. Or drag a zone containing multiple tabs to a different area of the workspace. You can even drag a zone with multiple tabs into another zone with multiple tabs to group all those tabs together in the same zone.
The new zones interface of Accordance 9 offers you unsurpassed flexibility and convenience in working with multiple resources. If you haven't seen it in action yet, be sure to check out Dr. J's excellent video podcast.
Archived Comments
Interesting idea...but for laptops (mine is 15"s) this is just too cluttered and not very practical, but rather on my 27" iMac works nicely.
This is a great analogy. I just wish my screen was the size of my desk! But to be sure Accordance is now better suited to my 24 inch monitor. One question though: Have you considered a full screen mode similar to the mode available in Apple's Pages? I would love the option to be available to black out everything else on screen.
Thanks for making Accordance both such a flexible and intuitive, not to mention creative solution for Bible study. I have been a user since version 5 in classic mode.
I agree with Jonathan here...a full screen mode would aid just a little bit more!
Jonathan & Michael.
Just in case you didn't catch it in Steve Jobs' presentation, Lion (OX X 10.7) will boast full-screen applications. So it's only a matter of David Lang & crew finding the time to allow Accordance to take advantage of those hooks!


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Incadescent lamp
Incandescent lamps consist of a glass enclosure which contains a low-pressure noble gas and a socket that defines the thread. Inside the lamp is a filament usually made of tungsten wire through which an electrical current is passed. The current heats the filament to an extremely high temperature, typically between 2000K - 6000K. Heated electrons in the tungsten become excited and then transit to lower energy states of the solid and photons, "the light" is released.
The spectrum is typically peaking in the visible light region, but also contains a significant amount of energy in the near infrared wavelengths. Incandescent lamps thus deliver white light at an approximate colour temperature of 2870K.
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USTDA Supports Development of Solar Power Plant in Tanzania
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Utilizes US-ACEF Resources to Advance Goals of
Power Africa
ARLINGTON, VA – Today, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency awarded a grant to NextGen Solawazi Limited to support the implementation of a 5 megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic power plant in Kigoma, Tanzania. The grant was signed by NextGen Managing Director Mayank Bhargava and USTDA Director Leocadia I. Zak.
USTDA is funding an Owner's Engineer who will provide NextGen with comprehensive on- and off-site engineering services and oversee the work performed by the project's engineering, procurement and construction contractor. The Owner's Engineer will help ensure that the Kigoma plant is technically sound and meets its performance metrics in a timely, cost-efficient way.
"USTDA is pleased to work with our partners from NextGen Solawazi to support the development of renewable energy in western Tanzania," said Director Zak. "This project presents a valuable opportunity to draw upon U.S. technical expertise to increase energy generation in Kigoma."
NextGen has been licensed by the Tanzanian power utility, TANESCO, to generate up to 40 MW of solar power throughout the country. During the signing ceremony, Mr. Bhargava described the goals of the project: "Even in its pilot stages, the Kigoma plant will have the capacity to power around 50,000 households. It is expected to generate about 10 gigawatts of clean electricity each year, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by about 10,500 tons of carbon dioxide annually."
The project advances the goals of Power Africa, a U.S. government-led initiative to double access to power in sub-Saharan Africa over the next five years. Power Africa is mobilizing resources from the public and private sectors in both the U.S. and Africa to add 10,000 MW of cleaner, more efficient electricity generation capacity across the sub-continent.
The grant funds for this technical assistance come from the U.S.-Africa Clean Energy Finance (US-ACEF) Initiative. US-ACEF is an innovative collaborative financing mechanism aligning U.S. government resources from USTDA, the State Department and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to catalyze private sector investment to develop Africa's clean energy infrastructure.


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Reducing Cure Time with a Hybrid Oven
Is it possible to decrease the curing time to fewer than 9 min if we change the oven to a hybrid system with combined infrared (IR) and convection heating?
Q. We use a 20-m-long convection oven to cure powder coatings. The current curing time for a standard aluminum part is about 18 min. Is it possible to decrease the curing time to fewer than 9 min if we change the oven to a hybrid system with combined infrared (IR) and convection heating? S.A.
A. Infrared heating uses a direct transfer of light energy to rapidly provide significant heat rise and molecular activity in the coating. Properly applied, it can reduce the cure time. How much it reduces the cure time depends on several variables, including part geometry. If the part has a lot of surface exposed to the infrared emitters and limited mass and depth, then the gain is significant and the cure can be much shorter. The gain will be less profound and the cure will not be shortened as much if the part has a lot of depth and mass, and many areas that are hard to directly access with the radiant energy from the emitter.
Another variable is the type and position of the emitter. Long-wave IR is relatively cool compared with medium-wave or short-wave IR. It will not accelerate cure the way medium- or short-wave will. Short-wave IR is the most intense and may actually be too intense for some applications, providing so much energy so quickly that the coating is over-cured or non-uniform. It can be effective, but care should be exercised. A more intense energy supply requires more precise control of the position and dwell time inside the IR oven area. Medium-wave is often the best option because it supplies significant benefit and is somewhat less intense.
It is not possible to say what you can do in terms of changing the time of cure in a general operation. I strongly recommend testing to determine how your particular part will work with a hybrid oven arrangement. I am not optimistic that you can cut your overall cure time in half by adding IR. More often, IR is effective for one or two minutes, and the overall oven time is reduced by around 25 to 30 percent. A flatter surface that provides a lot of easy exposure with few hidden surfaces could reduce your time a lot, but a complex shape with a lot of mass and poor access to the radiant energy will not reduce the time as much. Testing will help answer your question more accurately and help ensure you get the right oven.
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Have you ever wondered about how narwhal tastes different from beluga? Now you can learn about this and more through interviews with Inuit hunters. And you don't even have to know Inuktitut. With a new feature released by the Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge for the Arctic (ELOKA) team, the English translations of many interviews with Inuit elders and hunters are integrated alongside the video presentation. These interviews highlight the research conducted by the Narwhal Tusk Research Project in Baffin Bay.
To see the data set and its collection of interviews regarding narwhal behavior, migration, tusk differences and more, visit the ELOKA Web site at http://eloka-arctic.org/communities/narwhal/interviews.html.
Above: Screenshot of the ELOKA web site playing an interview with hunter Cornelius Nutarak.


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Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri
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Mar 22, 2011
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Holding: A government employer's allegedly retaliatory actions against an employee do not give rise to liability under the First Amendment's Petition Clause unless the employee's petition relates to a matter of public concern.
Judgment: Vacated and remanded, 8-1, in an opinion by Justice Anthony Kennedy on June 20, 2011. Justice Scalia filed an opinion concurring in the judgment in part and dissenting in part.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Opinion analysis: Limits on "Petition Clause" (Lyle Denniston)
- Argument recap: Giving meaning to the Petition and Speech Clauses (Daniel Bell)
- Argument preview: A tale of two clauses (Daniel Bell)
- Court to rule on child interviews (Lyle Denniston)
Briefs and Documents
Merits Briefs
- Brief for Petitioners Borough of Duryea, Pennsylvania, et al.
- Brief for Respondent Charles J. Guarnieri, Jr.
- Reply brief for Petitioner Borough of Duryea, Pennsylvania
Amicus Briefs
- Brief for the States of Florida, Alabama, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming in Support of Petitioner
- Brief for the National School Boards Association in Support of Petitioner
- Brief for the United States of America in Support of Petitioner
- Brief for the State and Local Legal Center in Support of Petitioner
- Brief for the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Pennsylvania in Support of Respondent
- Brief for the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organization in Support of Respondent
- Brief for the Justice and Freedom Fund in Support of Respondent
- Brief for the National Fraternal Order of Police, the National Troopers Coalition and the Pennsylvania Troopers Association in Support of Respondent


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I was born in Cape Town, South Africa but now call Canada home. I love the old hard boiled detective novels of Dashiel Hammett and Raymond Chandler, but they never wrote enough so I decided to write my own :)
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I love the greats; Hemingway, Steinbeck, Fitzgerald and I love the poets too, especially Dylan Thomas and Walt Whitman. Other writers I enjoy include Chuck Palahniuk, J M Coetzee and K. Sello Duiker.
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The cultural magazine Kaltio, based in Oulu, was the first magazine to republish the Mohammed cartoons in Finland. The 6-page-long comic appeared on the internet in September 2006 and was drawn by the Finnish comic artist, Ville Ranta. The prophet Mohammed was presented in the comic as a very furious, fundamentalist figure, who was wearing a mask and criticizing the Western world for the bad deeds it had done in the past to Arab countries and at the same time imposing the demand for freedom of speech in Arab countries. At the end of the comic the Finnish prime minister, Matti Vanhanen, and president, Tarja Halonen, burn the Danish flag in the hope that the Islamists would not get angry with them. (This burning of a flag refers to the apologies already made by Vanhanen and Halonen in February 2006, after the Finnish magazine, Suomen Sisu, had published the Mohammed cartoons for the first time in Finland.)
We call this heritage of bending the knee to other countries Finlandization. I will shortly explain what this way of reacting (still common among Finnish politicians) means. Finland has a long history of being suppressed, first by Sweden, then by the Soviet Union, until our independence in 1917. Even after that our political leaders continued to bend the knee to Russia whenever it was considered to be politically wise. Our country became famous for its unique foreign policy-- Kekkonen´s and Paasikivi´s line. That meant precisely that--bending the knee. Finlandization became another term for that foreign policy.
In my opinion, Ranta criticizes in his comic both Western and Islamist countries for their own kind of fundamentalisms. His starting point is that it is never good in the long term for anything--be it religion or politics—to be presented and heard only by its most fundamentalist representatives. His argument is that it is especially not good for anything--be it a religion like Islam, or western politics—to be represented by its most fundamental figures, be they fundamentalist Islamists, or Finnish politicians, who in their fear of losing good relations with other neighbouring countries, bend in every possible direction.
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Our Baby Yoga Course is taught over 5 weeks. Classes focus on baby and includes gentle yoga for mums with breathing practices, stretches, postnatal strengthening and relaxation.
We use dry massage techniques and yoga postures for baby which are often practiced whilst singing – this delights everyone, especially babies ! Baby Yoga helps to build trust and understanding, enhancing communication and building confidence, as both mum and baby continue to get to know one another. This promotes a feeling of security, as baby becomes accustomed to mum's touch, voice and smell. Baby yoga helps to release tension, is relaxing, calming and fun!
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By Tube & DLR: The Jubilee Underground line & DLR are the quickest routes to Britannia Village Hall – with direct DLR from Stratford, Canning Town & West Ham Stations. A short walk from West Silvertown DLR – crossing over the North Woolwich Road, and walking directly into Britannia Village (5 minutes). Or you can take a more scenic route from Royal Victoria Dock DLR, walking around the Dock to arrive (15 minutes).
Parking: The Hall has a dedicated free Car Park (accessible via Wesley Avenue). New reasonably priced street parking was introduced in June 2017 which has made parking easier (see Evelyn Road).


text: The Searchers is one of the few British pop groups which has maintained a position at the top for over 45 years and are second only to The Beatles as Liverpool's finest 60s group. In 1963, after capitalising on the popularity of the Merseybeat Phenomenon, The Searchers quickly established their own distinctive sound and a loyal following with a 12 string lead guitar and harmonies which anticipated the sound of The Byrds. 'Sweets For My Sweet', 'Sugar and Spice' and 'Needles and Pins' are the group's three number one hits. With total world sales exceeding over 30 million, The Searchers have continued to play music throughout the world, collecting awards and recruiting new fans of all ages.


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Evelyn Keyes, one of the last surviving co-stars of "Gone With the Wind" and a popular film actress in the 1940s, died on July 4 at an assisted-living home in Montecito, Calif. She was 91.
Ms. Keyes died of cancer, said the producer Allan Glaser, a friend, who told The Associated Press that the announcement had been delayed until the death certificate was filed.
Ms. Keyes played the pouty Suellen O'Hara, whose sister Scarlett steals her longtime boyfriend and marries him just to pay the taxes on the plantation, in the Academy Award-winning 1939 movie classic. But in later years she became almost as well known for her first memoir, "Scarlett O'Hara's Younger Sister," as for any of her movie roles. The book, published in 1977, concentrated on her numerous marriages and love affairs with the mostly rich and famous.
She was quoted as saying, "I always took up with the man of the moment and there were many such moments."
Her first husband (1938-40) was Barton Bainbridge, a businessman. After she left him, for the Budapest-born director Charles Vidor, he committed suicide. She and Mr. Vidor married in 1944, but divorced the next year. Her third husband was John Huston, the director, writer, producer and actor.
After her 1950 divorce from Huston, Ms. Keyes was the constant companion of the producer Mike Todd. He left her for Elizabeth Taylor in 1956. The next year Ms. Keyes married the bandleader Artie Shaw (whose ex-wives included Ava Gardner and Lana Turner). They separated in the 1970s, but did not divorce until 1985. After his death in 2004 she sued his estate and was awarded $1.42 million.
Ms. Keyes also had romances with Anthony Quinn, David Niven and Kirk Douglas, according to her book.
She made other notable films as well. In the heaven-and-earth fantasy "Here Comes Mr. Jordan" (1941), she played the love interest of Robert Montgomery. In "The Jolson Story" (1946), she played a character based on Ruby Keeler, opposite Larry Parks as Al Jolson.
Evelyn Keyes was born on Nov. 20, 1916, in Port Arthur, Tex. Her father died when she was 2, and she grew up living with her mother and her grandmother in Atlanta, where she took voice and dance lessons. Weekend dancing jobs paid for her train fare to Hollywood.
Ms. Keyes made her film debut in Cecil B. DeMille's pirate picture "The Buccaneer" (1938), starring Fredric March. After six more movie roles, four of them uncredited, she was cast in "Gone With the Wind."
After that she made two pictures, "The Lady in Question" and "Ladies in Retirement," directed by Mr. Vidor. She starred in at least six with Glenn Ford, beginning with "The Adventures of Martin Eden" and ending with "Mr. Soft Touch." "Mrs. Mike" (1949), a Canadian Mounties drama, was said to be one of her favorites.
Her last notable movie role was as the wife whose out-of-town trip makes it possible for Tom Ewell to flirt with Marilyn Monroe in Billy Wilder's "Seven Year Itch" (1955). Her final film role was in "Wicked Stepmother" (1989), a horror fantasy with Bette Davis. Her final screen appearance was in a 1993 episode of the CBS series "Murder, She Wrote."
The actor Tab Hunter, a close friend, has talked about making a film based on her autobiographical 1971 novel, "I Am a Billboard." The tentative title is "Georgia Peach," but Ms. Keyes did not identify with the South.
"I have no roots," she told The New York Times in 1977. "I deliberately set out to destroy them, and I did. If there's any such thing as a hometown for me, it's Hollywood. I was formed here as an adult."


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- Tiago Manuel Dias Correia (born 12 July 1990), better known by his nickname Bébé, is a Portuguese footballer for Turkish club Beşiktaş on loan from English side Manchester United. He can play as a winger on either flank, as a target man or as a support striker.
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- Tiago Manuel Dias Ferreira, commonly referred to as 'Bebe', was a complete stranger to most football followers about five months ago. This completely changed on Wednesday evening though, when Premier League powerhouse Manchester United announced on their official website that they'd secured the services of the 20-year-old attacker for an undisclosed fee.
To say this is a rags to riches story would be an understatement, as the attacker's career is a real fairytale affair. The forward was discovered by Estrela Amadora when he played for amateur side Loures. After signing for the Reboleira, he started his career with the club's youth team. He was quickly promoted to the senior team though and played his matches in the II Divisao last term.
One season at senior level was enough to arouse the interest of a number of bigger Portuguese clubs. Only five weeks ago, Vitoria Guimaraes made a move for Bebe and lured him away from Estrela Amadora in the Portuguese third division. He never made an official appearce for Guimaraes though. The promising youngster impressed during a number of pre-season friendlies and several big European clubs showed an interest in signing him.
Five weeks after Bebe had signed with Vitoria Guimaraes, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson travelled to Portugal to meet the young attacker. That's when the transfer, completed on Wednesday, was discussed for the first time.
There's so much more to Bebe's story than just a rise to the top at a lightning pace though. The Cacem-born attacker went through quite a difficult childhood and was raised at an orphanage, Casa do Gaiato, after spending some of his childhood on the streets. He has even represented Portugal in the Homeless World Cup.
Jorge Paixao, currently the coach of Mafra, was Bebe's coach during his spell with Estrela Amadora. In an interview with Antena 1, Paixao revealed that Bebe's difficult childhood could very well make the difference. "He was raised on the streets and that's where he learned to play his football," he said. "All the players come through youth academies now and they're all the same. Bebe is nothing like that.
"He's an old-fashioned player. He learned everything that he knows on the street. He possesses a natural creativity and that could really make a difference. Additionally, he has the quality to improvise very well and he has all the features needed to succeed. He's pretty tall and is very strong in the air. He's also very fast though and is technically very good."
Manchester United almost missed out on signing the hot prospect, according to a report in Marca. The Spanish newspaper claims that Real Madrid gaffer Jose Mourinho was also keeping tabs on Bebe. However, the Reds confirmed that capture of the 20-year-old on Wednesday evening. The Guardian suggests that former United assistant coach Carlos Queiroz, currently in charge of Portugal's national side, was the one who tipped off Ferguson about the young attacker.
Bebe is a player who can play in several positions in attack. The youngster can play from both wings, as a support striker, and also as a lone forward. He will have to fight off stiff competition at Old Trafford though if he is to break into the first team. Wayne Rooney, Javier Hernandez, Dimitar Berbatov, Michael Owen and Federico Macheda are all fighting for a starting berth as well.
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- Bébé is the son of Cape Verdean immigrants and is now the fourth player of Cape Verdean descent to join Manchester United; the others are Portuguese international winger Nani, French international left-back Patrice Evra and former Swedish international Henrik Larsson.[4] He was given his nickname, which means baby in Portuguese, by his older brother.[5]
Bébé was abandoned as a young child by his father Francisco and his mother Deolinda. He was consequently raised by his grandmother in a suburb of Lisbon, until the age of 12, when a court placed him in the care of the church.[6] He moved to the Casa do Gaiato shelter in Santo Antão do Tojal, 20 km outside Lisbon.[6] During his time there, he and seven other residents of the shelter were invited to play for the CAIS team in the 2009 European Street Football Festival in the Bosnian town of Foča.[7][8] Despite Bébé scoring four goals in six matches, CAIS did not progress beyond the second group stage of the tournament.
It was alleged that Bébé had participated in the Homeless World Cup, but these reports were found to be false. He was considered for selection for the national homeless squad after his performance in the European Street Football Festival, but he ultimately did not play in the tournament
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- Early career
Having previously played for amateur side Loures, Bébé was signed by Portuguese Second Division side Estrela da Amadora in the summer of 2009.[10] Regarded as the clubs star player,[10] he finished the season with four goals in 26 matches.[11] However, Amadora were beset by financial problems and offered him around Europe for £125,000 but found no takers.[10] His former agent, Gonçalo Reis, revealed that Bébé was offered to PSV Eindhoven for free in May 2010, but PSV turned down the offer as they did not know anything about the player.[12] As their situation worsened they stopped paying his wages, so he broke his contract and signed for Portuguese Primeira Liga team Vitória de Guimarães in the summer of 2010 on a free transfer.[13] His contract with Guimarães at first included a €3 million release clause, but this was increased to €9 million following his performances in pre-season games.[13] He finished with five goals in six friendly matches.[10]
Manchester United
On 11 August 2010, only five weeks after he signed for Vitória de Guimarães, Manchester United agreed an undisclosed fee with the Portuguese club for the transfer of Bébé.[14] The fee was reported to be around £7.4 million, believed to be the value of the buy-out clause in the forward's contract,[15] though reports in Portugal later claimed the fee was €9 million, of which the agent company Gestifute received €3.5 million (included agent fee) and the club only received €5.5 million (about 60%),[16] as third-party ownership is allowed in Portugal. It was also reported that Real Madrid and Benfica were interested in him.[17] Bébé was recommended to Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson by Portugal national team coach Carlos Queiroz, Ferguson's former assistant. Ferguson only met him the day before the transfer.[15] On 12 August, David Gill announced that Bébé would not be sent out on loan; instead, he would work with the first-team squad to prove his worth and to learn English.[18] The transfer was completed on 16 August, following Bébé's medical and the submission of the appropriate paperwork,[19] and he was unveiled to the media at a press conference the following day, along with fellow new signings Javier Hernández and Chris Smalling.[20]
On 6 September, he was announced as part of the 25-man squad for Manchester United to play in the UEFA Champions League.[21] On 22 September, Bébé made his debut for Manchester United as he replaced Park Ji-Sung in the 74th minute of a 5–2 away victory over Scunthorpe in the League Cup.[22] On 2 October, he made his Premier League debut, replacing Anderson in the 80th minute in their 0–0 draw against Sunderland.[23] His first start came against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Fourth Round of the League Cup on 26 October, scoring his first goal in the process, United's first in a 3–2 home win.[24] His first Champions League goal came on his debut in the competition, scoring the final goal of a 3–0 away victory over Bursaspor on 2 November.[25] On 19 February, Bébé played the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 home win against non-League Crawley Town in the Fifth Round of the FA Cup.[26]
Beşiktaş (on loan)
On 15 June 2011, Bébé signed for Turkish side Beşiktaş on a season-long loan deal,[27] who have an option to make the move permanent for £2 million
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- Bébé was a Portugal under-19 international.[28] In August 2010, Bébé was called up to the under-21 squad for the first time for their 2011 European under-21 qualifiers against England and Macedonia in early September.[29] He made his debut for the under-21s, playing as a lone striker in their 1–0 loss to England on 4 September.[27] He then scored his first goal for the under-21 side three days later in their final qualifying game against Macedonia, scoring the first in a 3–1 win
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City Council approves sewer projects, runway reconstruction funding
COLUMBIA - The Columbia City Council voted to approve funding for sewer relief in downtown Columbia during Monday night's meeting, specifically the Flat Branch main sewer line.
The council voted 4-3 on this issue, with Mayor McDavid and council members Skala, Thomas and Hoppe in opposition.
This project has received scrutiny due to the apparent connection between this project and the Opus development and the sewage needs of the proposed apartment complex on 8th street.
Three council members voiced support for the relief project. First Ward Councilwoman Ginny Chadwick said that the current sewer system in that area is over 100 years old and needs maintenance and repair. Fifth Ward Councilwoman Laura Nauser echoed this position, and Mayor Bob McDavid said this is a project that has to be fixed now.
Council members Karl Skala and Barbara Hoppe both voted no. They said that the amount of opposition the Opus development has received as well as the concern from local residents about this project should cause the council to slow this project down.
"This was put on the fast track for new development, but not the kind of development we need," said Sixth Ward Councilwoman Barbara Hoppe.
The ordinance will appoint more than $2 million for downtown sewer projects this year, with an additional $3 million next year.
"I view this as something that needs to be fixed right now," said McDavid.
The council also voted to move forward with Phase I of the reconstruction project of the Columbia Regional Airport runway. Originally the council planned to appoint money to move underground power lines before the reconstruction project began. However, the city may receive money from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that would cover 90 per cent of the total reconstruction cost, including moving power lines before construction.


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When I was a kid, my older cousins said I looked like the girl from "Curly Sue." Having never seen the movie, I wasn't sure what they were talking about, but it turns out they were pretty dead on in their comparison. I've always had very curly hair, and by the time I was about three or four, I resembled a very young Shirley Temple, complete with the precociousness and the need to perform for everyone at every chance I got. As I reached that super-awkward period from 4th to 8th grade, I found myself making questionable fashion choices and not really knowing what to do with my hair. For a while, I kept my hair shoulder length and would brush it out, leaving it all in a big poof, which I would push back with one of those headbands with comb-like teeth that clipped in the back. You know what I'm talking about. I think it was in the 10th grade that I discovered the power of the straightening iron, and spend a good deal of time trying to take my impossible-to-manage curly locks to poker straight. If you know anything about naturally curly hair, you know that even a little bit of humidity will lay to waste the hour or so it took to straighten your hair. Throughout college, I alternated between straight and curly hair, finally figuring out that I should blow dry my hair out with a barrel brush if I wanted to straighten it. (It became a multi-hour process.) It wasn't until I started dating Brian that I really appreciated my curliness. Everyone had always said how lucky I was to have such naturally curly hair, but for the longest time, all I wanted was glossy, thick, straight hair. Brian told me that he loved my curly hair, and that I shouldn't flatiron it anymore, so… I just kinda stopped. Now, I've more or less phased my flat iron out, and I can't remember the last time I used it. Recently, I decided that I really want to own my curly mane. (Fun fact: I've never, ever colored my hair, either. I don't want to until it's absolutely necessary either, but I've got my own Stacy London growing in…) I want to take good care of my curls because I feel like they're one of my most unique characteristics. Sarah wrote a fantastic post about ensuring that you always have a polished, professional look by warding off split ends, and she listed some great tips to try. I've scoured Pinterest for more tips on the care and keeping of fabulously curly hair — these are the best of what I've found:
– Never get your curly hair cut while it's wet. 2 inches of wet, straight hair could equal 4 or 5 inches of dry, curly hair. Try to find someone who has experience cutting curly hair and knows how to cut it while it's dry. Read this article before you get your next hair cut!
– Stop using a terry cloth towel to dry your hair. Use a t-shirt, it doesn't have the rough texture that can ruin the structure of your curls. I've been doing this for the last couple of months or so and it really helps.
– This blog has the best tips by far. Curly girls shouldn't use products that have sulfates in them, and like Joni, I'm paying a lot more attention to what I'm putting in my hair now. Also, don't wash your hair every day. Full disclosure: my mom picked up a lovely floral shower cap for me, and I have used it.
After all of that, I thought I'd share my routine with all of you lovelies. Here's what I've been using on my hair to work on my curls. It'd be nice if I could just use products from one line, but after years of hits and misses, I think I've found a good combination that works for me.
I use a basic cleansing shampoo to wash my hair, and then I follow it up with a healthy amount of Pantene Moisture Renewal Conditioner for Curly Hair. Before I get out of the shower, I use a liberal amount of Suave Kids Detangling Spray, which doubles as a leave-in conditioner, and then I comb it out with my fingers.
While I have my hair up in a t-shirt, I break out my tried and true face products. I've been using St. Ive's Naturally Clear Apricot Scrub and Clean & Clear Deep Action Cream Cleanser since high school, and I've never had a bad break out. After I'm done, I love how it leaves my pale, Irish skin looking smooth and glowing. The St. Ive's scrub has repeatedly named Allure's People's Choice for Best Scrub, and it's definitely a winner in my book.
Before and after. The t-shirt wrap look is kinda cute, right? No? Ok, I won't wear it in public. When I take it out of the t-shirt, I take a few minutes to arrange it, because however it's laying when it dries is how it will look when it is dry. Curls are fickle like that. Sometimes I'll use the Suave Healthy Curls Scrunching Mousse if I think my hair needs a boost, but I haven't used it in quite a while. Usually after my hair is completely dry, I work a nickel-size dollop of Tresemme's Bouncy Curls Defining Gel through my hair by flipping my hair over and lightly combing it through. Recently, I found another great product to help moisturize my hair: Pantene Curly Hair Series Deep Moisturizing Treatment. I use it once a week to help revitalize the shape of my curls after seven days of sleeping on it. I know I'm in need of a trim to get rid of some dead ends and add some shape to my hair. Curly hair needs layers to help create a lovely frame around your face. It'll probably help tame my frizz, too. Until then, I'll just flip it around till it looks ok.


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Tobacco town: Smokers, sellers defy Healthville docs
"Crops may fail, commerce stagnate, wars devastate the country, banks suspend specie payment, and wives fret and scold, yet our people will chew and spit, smoke and puff, snuff and sneeze."– C.L. Thonpson, 19th century Albemarle citizen
Charlottesville, with its runners, its bike lanes, its natural food stores– even a veggie fest and national recognition for healthy living was named healthiest city in Virginia by Organic Style magazine and most energetic by USA Weekend. But a decidedly unhealthy activity is alive and well even flourishing– here, say local tobacco merchants.
Most Americans– particularly the educated types around Virginia's flagship university– know the health risks involved in smoking tobacco products. And still they smoke.
Who are Charlottesville's smokers? How and what do they smoke? Who welcomes their habit, and who scorns it?
We decided to find out.
"The people who do it think it's so cool," says Western Albemarle student Ryan Houseman, 16. "Most of the other people don't like it."
Houseman himself is not a smoker; he considers the habit "gross."
Houseman agrees with others who observe that "it's mostly poor kids" who smoke. And, according to Houseman, most of such underage smokers obtain cigarettes by stealing.
Ryan Houseman
Chewing tobacco is extremely popular these days with "the same people who smoke," Houseman notes. "There's a guy who rides my bus," he relates, "and I know he's not very rich or anything. He chews tobacco on the bus, and it's really gross."
Like smokers, the high schoolers who "dip" often practice their habit in the bathroom. And they have terrible aim.
"They cover the toilet seat," says Houseman, "so you can't even go to the bathroom anymore. There's also cigarette ashes in there."
But he believes pot smoking has eclipsed cigarettes in popularity among adolescents. "They talk about it, and they do it in school," he says. Some students are even more brazen: "There was a guy in one of my classes who rolled two blunts in the middle of class," Houseman says.
Can we expect parents soon to be pleading with their kids to return to smoking– tobacco?
In two decades spent working in places on the Corner, most recently part-time at the Corner Market, Paul Jones, 55, has seen endless packs of cigarettes, cigars, and pouches of pipe tobacco change hands. How do Charlottesville residents smoke?
"People seem to try to keep it to a minimum, I've found," he says, "or smoke lighter cigarettes, for health reasons."
Paul Jones
Since the '70s, a distinct smoking trend Jones has noticed is the near disappearance of unfiltered cigarettes. Despite their former popularity, the Corner Market now carries only three unfiltered brands: Camels, Pall Malls, and Lucky Strikes. But sales of those old time favorites are a distinct minority today, like the people who buy them: "Mostly older men are smokin' 'em they've been smokin' 'em for years," Jones says. The Marlboro Man lassoed them and never let go.
UVA students rank among the Corner Market's steadiest cigarette customers. Student favorites are Camel Lights, followed by Marlboro Lights. (Note: UVA's Center for Drug and Alcohol Education reports that 70 percent of all UVA students they surveyed stated that they had not used any tobacco products in the 30 days preceding the survey.)
Smoking "light" cigarettes is a persistent habit among student smokers an indication in its own way, perhaps, of Charlottesville's widespread health-consciousness. "Very few of 'em smoke full flavor, and almost none of 'em smoke unfiltered," Jones observes.
Within the community, Jones says, "Newports are huge."
Low-end cigars, like Phillies Blunts and Black and Milds, sell well. "Rolling your own" also remains fairly popular: The Corner Market has "a steady clientele" for "a lot of upper-end rolling tobacco," says Jones. Clove cigarettes are the most popular of the imported varieties they stock.
Jones can determine no clear-cut demographic among Charlottesville's smokers. Who smokes the most? "Everybody! We have a lot of students, a lot of blacks, a lot of whites, blue-collar workers, office workers. Seems pretty widespread, right across the spectrum." As far as Jones can tell, the split between male/female, younger/older smokers is even.
Has America's lagging economy trickled down to cigarette sales? "The price of cigarettes just keeps going up, and it doesn't seem to hurt," muses Jones. "They just keep smoking."
Jim Robinson, 63, opened Cavalier Pipe and Tobacco downtown on May 19, 1975, and relocated to the Barracks Road Shopping Center five years later. He is well versed in the smoking habits of Charlottesville's more affluent citizens.
Unlike cigarettes, cigars have undergone a tremendous upswing in popularity since the '70s and '80s, days when Robinson had to sell gifts to make up for sluggish cigar sales, he says. The electricity to run his humidor's air conditioner cost more than Robinson was making each day from cigars.
Jim Robinson
Despite cigar dealers' initial disinterest, Cigar Aficianado magazine debuted in 1992, prospered, and earned cigars newfound popularity and respectability. The magazine became a worldwide top-seller. By 1994, cigar sales began to skyrocket.
"In the '90s, everybody had to get into cigars," Robinson recalls, with a decided Arkansas twang. "That was the thing to do."
A boom occurred between 1994 and 2000. Robinson had customers who were spending as much as $40,000 on cigars annually. Cigars are still popular enough to allow him to carry approximately 950 different brands. Pipe tobacco is another of his big sellers.
The escalating popularity naturally sparked price hikes. There were other contributing factors: higher wages for South American cigar rollers, rising tobacco taxes, and shoplifting.
How massive were those price hikes? Robinson has a Dunhill that retailed for an extravagant $1.25 in 1976. That same cigar now runs $13.
But since 2000, sales have leveled off.
Robinson sells to customers "from all walks of life," he says. "Some are people of modest means," while others "have about as much money as God would have if God had money," he says. Cigars, though, are still mainly a luxury item for the affluent. "For the average person," says Robinson, "ten or twelve dollars is a lot of money to watch burn up in an hour."
Despite the name Cavalier Pipe and Tobacco, UVA has no ties with the shop. The store's sign formerly featured a small painting of the Cavalier logo, and also sold a Zippo lighter featuring that same emblem. Since UVA holds the design's trademark, Robinson had to paint over the image on his sign, and Zippo discontinued the "Cavalier" lighter.
However, one UVA organization has for the past 27 years, "religiously" bought 400 cigars twice yearly from Robinson for various functions.
Women are seldom counted among the ranks of cigar smokers. Nevertheless, Robinson has a steady stream of female clients, many of whom are buying cigars for their husbands or boyfriends. "Surprisingly," he says, "they know exactly what they're buying."
In the final analysis, Charlottesville's smokers defy categorization. What they smoke is much more apparent than who does the smoking. At the very least, they represent one of Charlottesville's most democratic subcultures. Say what you will about their products, tobacconists discriminate against no one, except the underage.
Meanwhile, another question remains: Where do smokers go, and how do they behave when they get there?
Michael Crafaik, owner of Michael's Bistro on the Corner, is a major local mediator in the ongoing feud between smoking and non-smoking bar and restaurant patrons. At Michael's, smoking is mainly confined to the bar and is forbidden during dining hours. After 10pm, when the bar crowd takes over, "it's fair game," Crafaik says.
"We're a small restaurant," he explains, "and it's not feasible for us to have a smoking room and a non-smoking room. We'd do that if we could, but pretty much because it's one big room, the only area that's off by itself is the bar.
"It seems civilized enough," he says of the slight effort required of smokers to "get up from your table, go over to the bar, and smoke your cigarette."
He has noticed that smoker/non-smoker relations have "reached a good level of respect, where people aren't blowing smoke in each other's faces. I think it's evolved just fine," he says.
Crafaik essentially has no choice but to allow smoking at his bar, something that he says he considers an economic necessity since "drinking and smoking go hand in hand."
The nightspot that preceded Michael's in its present location was a non-smoking jazz club, which rapidly discovered what a prerequisite smoking is in bars.
"A lot of people thought that was really just a great idea," Crafaik says, "'Wow! no smoking!' You don't have to go out and have your clothes stink the next day." But the club folded about a year after opening. "The bottom line is the people who go out late at night and drink very often are the smokers," says Crafaik.
"Most bar people wouldn't feel that they could chop out smoking," he says, "because they'd be at a competitive disadvantage." Nor does Crafaik, a nonsmoker, favor the alternate solution: banning smoking "across the board" in bars or restaurants.
Michael's used to sell cigars, but "the hassle for me to go get them," says Crafaik, "was more than the profits they reaped." The stogies' only remnants at the Bistro are some mechanical "smoke-eaters" mounted among the ceiling tiles.
Diners seldom smoke pipes at Michael's, but there are one or two who do. This doesn't ruffle Crafaik: "I think pipes smell great," he says.
Crafaik is satisfied with the smoking situation at his watering hole. "I've had a handful of people complain about it and say, 'You should have no smoking at any time at all.' But you've got to accommodate people. And I think we've got a pretty reasonable middle ground."
Rapture remains one of the most smoking-friendly places in town. Patrons can smoke cigars, pipes, clove cigarettes anything allowed by law.
But Rapture manager, Jessica Wilkin, 25, believes that the policy hasn't made the spot a magnet for smokers. Why is Rapture so much freer with its smoking policies? "Because we're a bar," she says succinctly, "and you can't have a bar without having smoking.
"I believe a lot of people who do frequent bars are smokers," she continues, "including a lot of the staff."
Jessica Wilkin
There are those who complain, she says, "because we do tend to have a lot of smoke. People will ask me, 'Oh, is it smoky inside?' And, frankly, I can't tell you, because I'm always in it. We don't get an overwhelming number of complaints."
However, she notes that some of Rapture's more sensitive diners do complain as smoke wafts their way. But "the non-smokers who do come in and hang out in the bar area understand that there's gonna be smoking."
A nonsmoker herself, Wilkin says that she often sees smokers behaving somewhat gallantly towards non-smokers: "They will move so that the smoke from either their cigarette or from their blowing it out doesn't come towards you. Because, inevitably, whichever way the air system works, the smoke's gonna blow one way. They even do that for fellow smokers, too, because anybody who's not smoking doesn't want smoke coming right at them."
Cigar smoking was temporarily banned at Rapture during dinner service, but, "as soon as I got into the position of the management," Wilkin says, "that was one of the things I changed. I think it's important for people to know that whatever you smoke, we're not going to say, 'Oh, we're sorry. You can't do that.'
"Why should we allow one form of smoking, and ban others?" she asks.
Pipes rarely appear at Rapture, she says.
Wilkin thinks that if Rapture were to ban smoking, it would definitely hurt business. "If you go to a bar, you expect that you're going to be allowed to smoke, unless you're in California or New York. And we live in the heart of tobacco country," she notes. She predicts that Virginia will be one of the last states to pass such legislation.
But there's always the other side. Though tobacconists and restaurateurs may be staunch allies of smokers, they have no greater opponents than folks in the medical professions. The Hook spoke with two people whose careers put them in close proximity to the devastation that smoking can work on the human body.
Michael Weber is one among many who would love to see Joe Camel ground up and used as a three-course Taco Bell dinner. As director of UVA's Cancer Center, why shouldn't he?
When asked if smoking cigars or pipes is less harmful than smoking cigarettes, since no inhalation occurs, Weber, 61, replies without a trace of humor, "I've got a wonderful picture of a tongue cancer that I'd be happy to show you.
"That was from a chewer," he continues, "but the same kind of things happen to other tobacco users.
"I mean, tobacco products that are burned or chewed are just a fantastic source of cancer-causing compounds. And if you want to bathe your body tissues in that, then that's what you do. The mechanism of application is secondary."
Michael Weber
Lung cancer, the affliction most often associated with smoking, is the most common killer of men and a major killer of women. This is because, says Weber, it's "essentially untreatable." Other forms regularly linked with smoking are cancers of the head, neck, and even the bladder.
Weber is as fascinated as anyone by the fact that some smokers live well into their 70s and 80s, while we've all heard of a nonsmoking jogger who keels over from a heart attack at age 40.
"There clearly are genetic factors," says Weber, "but I don't think that all of the issues are known. Your body has enzymes that detoxify some of the chemicals in tobacco and render them harmless. And the level of those enzymes varies from one individual to another.
"I think a valid area for investigation is to find out who among tobacco users is really susceptible to disease, and who could probably do it with impunity, or do it with minimal risk."
Smoking has become less popular overall in the last 40 years, according to the Center for Disease Control's Office on Smoking and Health (cdc.gov).
Nipping future smokers' habits in the bud is equally important, Weber feels. He has seen that "one of the most effective ways of decreasing smoking in kids is to increase the cigarette tax." Since blue-collar smokers far outnumber white-collar ones, he says, "some of our political figures" have opposed cigarette taxes because they would disproportionately affect lower-income Americans.
"I would argue," he says, "that it disproportionately helps lower income people to avoid a dangerous addiction."
Weber concedes that smoking offers "certain pharmacological benefits." Nicotine, for instance, aids concentration. However, he sternly concludes, "The effects– whether it's cancer or emphysema or bad breath or stained teeth or burned mattresses–seem to far outweigh the very modest pharmacological benefits."
After smoking for 10 years, orthopedist David Heilbronner now considers himself a "born again non-smoker." This physician's revulsion at smoking may surpass even C. Everett Koop's.
Heilbronner is privy to the startlingly high number of orthopedic ailments that smoking can cause. Smokers are six to eight times more likely to develop back ailments, Heilbronner notes. And if a smoker refuses to quit after back problems appear, healing will be significantly slower than for a non-smoker with the same problem.
David Heilbronner
Smoking seriously affects the production of collagen, a substance essential to tissues, bones, and ligaments. One of the many studies Heilbronner cites indicates that "smoking one cigarette essentially stops the production of collagen for about 30 to 40 minutes." Ailing smokers "heal or have healing capability only when they're sleeping– in other words, when they're not smoking."
This fact has led many surgeons to refuse to perform plastic surgery or operations that involve re-attaching severed extremities for smokers "because the healing rate is so abysmal."
"Those who do," Heilbronner says, "often feel that it's not worth all the anxiety to the patient and the surgeon about getting things to heal."
Heilbronner calls second-hand smoke a menace that's "probably as bad and in some cases even worse– than direct smoke inhalation." Chronic smokers develop a tolerance for all the poisonous chemicals in tobacco smoke, he says. Non-smokers, lacking that tolerance, are more vulnerable.
On a personal level, Heilbronner speaks for many disenfranchised locals who have had their nightlife affected by smoke. "I don't go to Miller's at all anymore," he says, "because you can't breathe in there." Even leaving the main smoking area didn't help, he mourns. "It was just miserable. My eyes were watering and I was getting wheezy." (It should be noted that the new management of Miller's recently added a non-smoking section.)
The "whole question of sensitization to smoke," as Heilbrenner puts it, can be traced to the immediate response of most people to their first puff: severe coughing. "It's like the body is saying, 'What are you doing to me?'" he says.
Heilbronner is astounded by Charlottesville's young people who are willing to ignore the well-documented dangers of tobacco use. And he doesn't mean junior high and high school smokers who take up the habit as a way to rebel or look suave. "It amazes me to walk around the university and see the number of supposedly bright young people who are smoking like crazy. I don't get it," he says. [See sidebar on why smart women smoke–editor.]
Heilbronner disputes the notion that prohibiting smoking in all restaurants will hurt business. In most states, 75 to 80 percent of the populace are non-smokers, he says, and "that's obviously a huge number of people who may or may not go to restaurants because of intolerable levels of smoke in them."
Heilbronner issues a challenge to area eateries: "I'd like to encourage more local restaurants to make their dining rooms smoke-free. I think they will, in the long run, find more business from the number of people who are tending to stay away.
If health issues and consideration of fellow diners aren't enough, Heilbronner appeals to vanity: "Young people, when they walk around town, should look at old smokers and realize that most of them are probably younger than they look."
As for Virginia's two-and-a-half-cents-per-pack cigarette tax, the lowest in the nation, Heilbronner says, "I think our legislature should be ashamed of itself for the way they've let themselves be manhandled. I think many of them are cowards not to stand up basically for the health of the citizens of Virginia."
Heilbronner seems to support Governor Mark Warner's proposal for increasing the tax to 25 cents a pack, noting that the higher cost might deter some people from beginning to smoke.
"Certain members of the legislature try and pass a bill, but then it gets knocked down. Richmond needs to get its act together and do what's good for everybody in the state, not just the tobacco industry," he concludes. #


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Idaho Code 39-3132 establishes a Behavioral Health Board (BHB) in each Department of Health and Welfare region. While Idaho formerly utilized Mental Health Boards and Regional Advisory Committees on Substance Abuse in an advisory capacity in each region, the introduction of standalone Regional Behavioral Health Boards is an important element in transformation of Idaho's Behavioral Health System of Care.
Regional Behavioral Health boards are governmental entities, but they do not have the power to levy taxes.
Regional Behavioral Health Boards:
Advise the State Behavioral Health Authority and the state Behavioral Health Planning Council on the local behavioral health needs of adults and children within the region.
Advise the State Behavioral Health Authority and the Planning Council of the progress, problems and proposed projects of the regional service.
Promote improvements in the delivery of behavioral health services and coordinate and exchange information regarding behavioral health services in the region.
Identify gaps in available services and recommend service enhancements that address identified needs for consideration to the State Behavioral Health Authority.
Assist the Planning Council with planning for service system improvements. The Planning Council will incorporate the recommendations from the regional behavioral health boards into a annual report to the governor and legislature.
Annually provide a report to the Planning Council, the Regional Behavioral Health Centers and the State Behavioral Health Authority of its progress toward building a comprehensive community family support and recovery support system that shall include performance and outcome data as defined and in a format established by the planning council.
The regional board may establish subcommittees as it determines necessary and will, at a minimum, establish and maintain a children's mental health subcommittee.
Additionally, Regional Behavioral Health Boards may accept the responsibility to develop and provide community family support and recovery support services in their region. The board must demonstrate readiness to accept this responsibility. The boards may also develop, or obtain proposals for, a petition for regional services for consideration by the state behavioral health authority.


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By David Ponce
I've never seen anything quite like this and I'm still under shock.
The Athens Display Series, from company Lieberman Inc. are very slick, very unique multi-paneled LCDs. The one pictured is a 118lbs, 5-panel model featuring Ultra-Speed™ Technology. You get resolutions of up to 19200 x 2400 pixels. It's a mere 2.5″ thin. It's… Heavens… it's beyond words.
Go inside for a full list of features, but don't expect price. I didn't see any, and didn't look very hard because it probably would have broken my heart.
Update: Yes, it's beginning to look quite likely that this thing is a hairy offspring of Mother Hoax. Yeah. It really did look too good to be true. How sad.
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Paula Witherspoon, a transgender woman who was cited for disorderly conduct after using the ladies room at a Dallas, Texas, hospital, tells KXAS-TV's Ellen Goldberg the experience was "humiliating" and "degrading."
A Dallas transgender woman was issued a ticket for using the women's restroom at an area hospital.
Parkland police cited Paula Witherspoon, whose legal name is Paul Witherspoon, for disorderly conduct on April 25.
"It was definitely humiliating, degrading," she said. "I felt like I was being discriminated against."
A Parkland Hospital representative said the hospital received a complaint from a concerned female patient about a man in the women's restroom.
"This is 2012, and I've been transitioning since 2006, and I've never had a problem until I went to Parkland Hospital," Witherspoon said.
Witherspoon said she doesn't even remember seeing anyone else in the restroom until she walked out.
"There was a lady there that said, 'That's a man.' I just ignored her and kept going," Witherspoon said.
Minutes later, a Parkland officer came over and cited her, she said. Witherspoon said she offered to show the officer a transition letter from her doctor that states, "She is expected to use facilities consistent with her external presentation, which is female."
But Parkland police told her they have to go by what is on her license, Witherspoon said.
Under Texas law, Witherspoon must have acted "intentionally or knowingly for a lewd or unlawful purpose" to be cited with disorderly conduct.
"I went to the bathroom, took care of my business, washed my hands and left," Witherspoon said. "I didn't even see anyone."
Parkland Hospital released the following statement: "Because of the complexity of the issue, the incident is currently under review. Parkland strives to treat patients, visitors and staff with dignity and respect, as well as provide a safe environment at all times."
Anti-discrimination laws in 16 states and the District of Columbia provide protections for transgender and gender non-conforming people, but Texas is not one of them, according to the New York Civil Liberties Union, which is calling for lawmakers in New York to pass legislation that will offer such protections.
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- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
- 1.00 Hours of ParticipationHours of Participation credit.
This educational activity is designed to keep teaching physicians current in their knowledge of all aspects of EM practice and competent in the practical aspects of the specialty of EM to ensure the highest level of teaching to fellows, residents and medical students.
ACCME Accreditation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA Credit Designation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Hours of Participation for Allied Health Care Professionals:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this activity for up to 1.0 hours of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals
Allied Health Care Professionals
- Understand the current recommendations with consideration given to pharmacotherapy, imaging modalities, and procedural interventions for both commonly seen and rare patient conditions that present to the Emergency Department
- Recognize and effectively discuss patient safety issues and quality improvement principles for purposes of both individual and systems improvement in providing the highest quality of care in the treatment of ED patients.
Presenter: Kristi Maso, MD
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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls
All professional education courses leading to certification shall include teaching and assessment of the Wisconsin Teacher Standards.
Wisconsin Standards for Teacher Development and Licensure
In this column, indicate the nature of the performance assessments used in this course to evaluate student proficiency in each standard.
1.Teachers know the subjects they are teaching.
The teacher understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the disciplines she or he teaches and can create learning experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful for pupils.
See Appendix C, Wisconsin Content Standards, for specific information regarding the content standards met in this course and the performance assessments used to evaluate them.
2.Teachers know how children grow.
The teacher understands how children with broad ranges of ability learn and provides instruction that supports their intellectual, social, and personal development.
Not applicable.
3.Teachers understand that children learn differently.
The teacher understands how pupils differ in their approaches to learning and the barriers that impede learning and can adapt instruction to meet the diverse needs of pupils, including those with disabilities and exceptionalities.
Emphasis is placed on teaching to a variety of learning styles. Some students grasp calculus concepts more readily in graphical format. Some respond better to an algebraic presentation. Others feel more comfortable if numbers and data are used as principle illustrations of concepts, while others are best approached initially through a verbal description. Students in this course are asked to reflect on this during the final exam.
4.Teachers know how to teach.
The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies, including the use of technology, to encourage children's development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills.
This course utilizes lecture-questioning format, small group work, independent project work, the use of homework, reading assignments, oral presentations, tests as instructional strategies.
5.Teachers know how to manage a classroom.
The teacher uses an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.
Not applicable.
6.Teachers communicate well.
The teacher uses effective verbal and nonverbal communication techniques as well as instructional media and technology to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom.
Students are required to demonstrate their verbal communication skills through oral presentations in the class. Their written communication skills are assessed through a term paper.
7.Teachers are able to plan different kinds of lessons.
The teacher organizes and plans systematic instruction based upon knowledge of subject matter, pupils, the community, and curriculum goals.
Other than the oral presentations in class there is no significant assessment of this skill.
8.Teachers know how to test for student progress.
The teacher understands and uses formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social, and physical development of the pupil.
Not applicable.
9.Teachers are able to evaluate themselves.
The teacher is a reflective practitioner who continually evaluates the effects of his or her choices and actions on pupils, parents, professionals in the learning community and others and who actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally.
This course begins with reflection on why do we teach calculus, what should we teach at the high school level, and how should it be taught. These main questions reoccur throughout the course in discussing specific topics.
10.Teachers are connected with other teachers and the community.
The teacher fosters relationships with school colleagues, parents, and agencies in the larger community to support pupil learning and well-being and acts with integrity, fairness and in an ethical manner.
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Yep, T-Mobile Will Eventually Offer the iPhone — At Full Price
T-Mobile announced Thursday that the company will begin to offer the iPhone to its customers in 2013, finally securing the massively popular smartphone deal after years of being the only one of the big four U.S. carriers not to offer the device.
"What was missing? It's very clear," said John Legere, CEO of T-Mobile U.S.A., at a conference on Thursday. "A certain number of customers wouldn't come to the store if we didn't have the iPhone. … We worked very hard for a deal that makes sense for us."
Legere didn't nail down an exact date, instead saying the device will be offered to customers at some point next year.
Part of the problem T-Mobile has had in getting the deal done was in the carrier's very infrastructure. The company uses a different spectrum band for its high-speed data network, which would have required Apple to do more heavy lifting to accomodate T-Mobile's network.
Instead, T-Mobile has made strides in rejiggering its entire U.S. network, which will make it better suited to host the iPhone. Cellular tower by cellular tower, T-Mobile has been systematically upgrading their network to work with the iPhone's spectrum.
As recently as September, T-Mobile made a push to onboard owners of unlocked iPhones to the company's network, pairing the phones with a recently announced "Unlimited" data plan.
T-Mobile also plans to make major changes in its pricing structure in 2013, eliminating the subsidy model long used in the cellular industry. So instead of getting a $400 price cut on your handset when buying the phone, T-Mobile asks that you pay the full price. That's not exactly cheap — often upwards of $400 to $600 for high-end devices — but it's cheaper than the current industry standard, which lets you buy the subsidized phone up front, but locks you into a contract with higher monthly rates.
Legere didn't get into the nitty-gritty on how the company would get around offering unsubsidized phones come 2013, a challenge considering customers often don't recognize the value in paying more money up front for cheaper rates over the long term.
But he did drop a few hints. "You may pay $99 for the most iconic device in the world," Legere said, likely alluding to Apple's iPhone, "and then you may [pay] $15 to $20 a month" thereafter with your monthly bill. So in essence, it's a sort of layaway program, eventually paying the full cost of the hardware but over time rather than all at once.
T-Mobile already offers this kind of pricing with its current "value plans" — one of two types of plans it offers to contract customers.